# Minister of Justice (Hungary)

The minister of justice of Hungary (Hungarian: Magyarország igazságügyi minisztere) is a member of the Hungarian cabinet and the head of the Ministry of Justice. As of 1 August 2023, the justice minister is Bence Tuzson.
The position was called People's Commissar of Justice (Hungarian: igazságügyi népbiztos) during the Hungarian Soviet Republic in 1919, Minister of Justice and Law Enforcement (Hungarian: igazságügyi és rendészeti miniszter) from 2006 to 2010 and Minister of Public Administration and Justice (Hungarian: közigazgatási és igazságügyi miniszter) between 2010 and 2014.

## Ministers of justice (1848–1919)
### Hungarian Kingdom (1848–1849)

Parties  Opposition Party
| No. | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) |
| 1 | Ferenc Deák (1803–1876) | 17 March 1848 | 2 October 1848 | Opposition Party | Batthyány | Last Diet |
| 1 | Ferenc Deák (1803–1876) | 17 March 1848 | 2 October 1848 | Opposition Party | Batthyány | 1 (1848) |
| 2 | Committee of National Defence | 2 October 1848 | 14 April 1849 | — | Committee of National Defence | 1 (1848) |

### Hungarian State (1849)

Parties  Opposition Party
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) |
| 1 | | Committee of National Defence | 14 April 1849 | 2 May 1849 | — | Committee of National Defence | 1 (1848) |
| 2 | | Sebő Vukovics (1811–1872) | 2 May 1849 | 11 August 1849 | Opposition Party | Szemere | 1 (1848) |
After the collapse of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848, the Hungarian Kingdom became an integral part of the Austrian Empire until 1867, when dual Austro-Hungarian Monarchy was created.

### Hungarian Kingdom (1867–1918)

Parties  Deák Party/Liberal Party/National Party of Work  National Constitution Party  F48P/F48P–Károlyi  Civic Democratic Party (PDP)  Civic Radical Party (PRP)  Independent
| No. | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) |
| 1 | Boldizsár Horvát (1822–1898) | 20 February 1867 | 5 June 1871 | Deák Party | Andrássy DP | 3 (1865) |
| 1 | Boldizsár Horvát (1822–1898) | 20 February 1867 | 5 June 1871 | Deák Party | Andrássy DP | 4 (1869) |
| 2 | István Bittó (1822–1903) | 5 June 1871 | 14 November 1871 | Deák Party | Andrássy DP | 4 (1869) |
| 2 | István Bittó (1822–1903) | 14 November 1871 | 4 September 1872 | Deák Party | Lónyay DP | 4 (1869) |
| 2 | István Bittó (1822–1903) | 14 November 1871 | 4 September 1872 | Deák Party | Lónyay DP | 5 (1872) |
| 3 | Tivadar Pauler (1816–1886) 1st term | 4 September 1872 | 4 December 1872 | Deák Party | Lónyay DP | 5 (1872) |
| 3 | Tivadar Pauler (1816–1886) 1st term | 4 December 1872 | 21 March 1874 | Deák Party | Szlávy DP | 5 (1872) |
| 3 | Tivadar Pauler (1816–1886) 1st term | 21 March 1874 | 2 March 1875 | Deák Party | Bittó DP–BK | 5 (1872) |
| 4 | Béla Perczel (1819–1888) | 2 March 1875 | 20 October 1875 | Liberal Party | Wenckheim SZP | 5 (1872) |
| 4 | Béla Perczel (1819–1888) | 20 October 1875 | 30 June 1878 | Liberal Party | K. Tisza SZP | 6 (1875) |
| (3) | Tivadar Pauler (1816–1886) 2nd term | 30 June 1878 | 30 April 1886 | Liberal Party | K. Tisza SZP | 6 (1875) |
| (3) | Tivadar Pauler (1816–1886) 2nd term | 30 June 1878 | 30 April 1886 | Liberal Party | K. Tisza SZP | 7 (1878) |
| (3) | Tivadar Pauler (1816–1886) 2nd term | 30 June 1878 | 30 April 1886 | Liberal Party | K. Tisza SZP | 8 (1881) |
| (3) | Tivadar Pauler (1816–1886) 2nd term | 30 June 1878 | 30 April 1886 | Liberal Party | K. Tisza SZP | 9 (1884) |
| 5 | Teofil Fabiny (1822–1908) | 30 April 1886 | 9 April 1889 | Liberal Party | K. Tisza SZP | 9 (1884) |
| 5 | Teofil Fabiny (1822–1908) | 30 April 1886 | 9 April 1889 | Liberal Party | K. Tisza SZP | 10 (1887) |
| 6 | Dezső Szilágyi (1840–1901) | 9 April 1889 | 13 March 1890 | Liberal Party | K. Tisza SZP | 10 (1887) |
| 6 | Dezső Szilágyi (1840–1901) | 13 March 1890 | 17 November 1892 | Liberal Party | Szapáry SZP | 10 (1887) |
| 6 | Dezső Szilágyi (1840–1901) | 13 March 1890 | 17 November 1892 | Liberal Party | Szapáry SZP | 11 (1892) |
| 6 | Dezső Szilágyi (1840–1901) | 17 November 1892 | 15 January 1895 | Liberal Party | Wekerle I SZP | 11 (1892) |
| 7 | Sándor Erdély (1839–1922) | 15 January 1895 | 26 February 1899 | Liberal Party | Bánffy SZP | 11 (1892) |
| 7 | Sándor Erdély (1839–1922) | 15 January 1895 | 26 February 1899 | Liberal Party | Bánffy SZP | 12 (1896) |
| 8 | Sándor Plósz (1846–1925) | 26 February 1899 | 27 June 1903 | Liberal Party | Széll SZP | 12 (1896) |
| 8 | Sándor Plósz (1846–1925) | 26 February 1899 | 27 June 1903 | Liberal Party | Széll SZP | 13 (1901) |
| 8 | Sándor Plósz (1846–1925) | 27 June 1903 | 3 November 1903 | Liberal Party | Khuen-Héderváry I SZP | 13 (1901) |
| 8 | Sándor Plósz (1846–1925) | 3 November 1903 | 18 June 1905 | Liberal Party | I. Tisza I SZP | 13 (1901) |
| 9 | Bertalan Lányi (1851–1921) | 18 June 1905 | 2 April 1906 | Liberal Party | Fejérváry SZP | 14 (1905) |
| 10 | Gusztáv Gegus (1855–1933) | 2 April 1906 | 8 April 1906 | Independent | Fejérváry SZP | 14 (1905) |
| 11 | Géza Polónyi (1848–1920) | 8 April 1906 | 2 February 1907 | F48P | Wekerle II F48P–OAP–KNP–PDP | 15 (1906) |
| 12 | Antal Günther (1847–1920) | 2 February 1907 | 23 September 1909 | F48P | Wekerle II F48P–OAP–KNP–PDP | 15 (1906) |
| 13 | Sándor Wekerle (1848–1921) | 23 September 1909 | 17 January 1910 | National Constitution Party | Wekerle II F48P–OAP–KNP–PDP | 15 (1906) |
| 14 | Ferenc Székely (1842–1921) | 17 January 1910 | 22 April 1912 | National Party of Work | Khuen-Héderváry II NMP | 15 (1906) |
| 14 | Ferenc Székely (1842–1921) | 17 January 1910 | 22 April 1912 | National Party of Work | Khuen-Héderváry II NMP | 16 (1910) |
| 14 | Ferenc Székely (1842–1921) | 22 April 1912 | 4 January 1913 | National Party of Work | Lukács NMP | 16 (1910) |
| 15 | Jenő Balogh (1864–1953) | 4 January 1913 | 15 June 1917 | National Party of Work | Lukács NMP | 16 (1910) |
| 15 | Jenő Balogh (1864–1953) | 4 January 1913 | 15 June 1917 | National Party of Work | I. Tisza II NMP | 16 (1910) |
| 16 | Vilmos Vázsonyi (1868–1926) 1st term | 15 June 1917 | 18 August 1917 | PDP | Esterházy NMP–F48P–OAP–PDP–KNP | 16 (1910) |
| 17 | Károly Grecsák (1854–1924) | 18 August 1917 | 23 August 1917 | Independent | Esterházy NMP–F48P–OAP–PDP–KNP | 16 (1910) |
| 17 | Károly Grecsák (1854–1924) | 23 August 1917 | 25 January 1918 | Independent | Wekerle III NMP–F48P–OAP–PDP–KNP | 16 (1910) |
| (16) | Vilmos Vázsonyi (1868–1926) 2nd term | 25 January 1918 | 8 May 1918 | PDP | Wekerle III NMP–F48P–OAP–PDP–KNP | 16 (1910) |
| 18 | Gusztáv Tőry (1857–1925) | 8 May 1918 | 31 October 1918 | Independent | Wekerle III NMP–F48P–OAP–PDP–KNP | 16 (1910) |
| 19 | Barna Buza (1873–1944) | 31 October 1918 | 4 November 1918 | F48P–Károlyi | M. Károlyi F48P–Károlyi–PRP–MSZDP | MNT (—) |
| 20 | Dénes Berinkey (1871–1944) | 4 November 1918 | 16 November 1918 | PRP | M. Károlyi F48P–Károlyi–PRP–MSZDP | MNT (—) |

### Hungarian People's Republic (1918–1919)

Parties  Civic Radical Party (PRP)  F48P–Károlyi
| No. | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) |
| 1 | Dénes Berinkey (1871–1944) | 4 November 1918 | 19 January 1919 | PRP | M. Károlyi F48P–Károlyi–PRP–MSZDP | MNT (—) |
| — | Dénes Berinkey (1871–1944) acting | 19 January 1919 | 24 January 1919 | PRP | Berinkey F48P–Károlyi–PRP–MSZDP–OKGFP | MNT (—) |
| 2 | Sándor Juhász Nagy (1883–1946) | 24 January 1919 | 21 March 1919 | F48P–Károlyi | Berinkey F48P–Károlyi–PRP–MSZDP–OKGFP | MNT (—) |

## People's commissars of justice (1919)
### Hungarian Soviet Republic (1919)

Parties  MSZP/SZKMMP
| No. | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) |
| 1 | Zoltán Rónai (1880–1940) serving with István Ládai from 5 April 1919 | 21 March 1919 | 24 June 1919 | MSZP/SZKMMP | Central Executive Council MSZP/SZKMMP | TOGY (—) |
| (1) | Zoltán Rónai (1880–1940) de facto | 24 June 1919 | 1 August 1919 | MSZP/SZKMMP | Central Executive Council MSZP/SZKMMP | TOGY (—) |
| 1 | István Ládai (1873–1936) serving with Zoltán Rónai | 5 April 1919 | 24 June 1919 | MSZP/SZKMMP | Central Executive Council MSZP/SZKMMP | TOGY (—) |
| 2 | Péter Ágoston (1874–1925) de jure | 24 June 1919 | 1 August 1919 | SZKMMP | Central Executive Council MSZP/SZKMMP | TOGY (—) |

#### Counter-revolutionary governments (1919)

Parties  Independent
| No. | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) |
| — | Lajos Pálmai (1866–1937) | 5 May 1919 | 31 May 1919 | Independent | Arad | — |
| — | Gyula Károlyi (1871–1947) acting | 31 May 1919 | 6 June 1919 | Independent | Szeged I | — |
| — | Gyula Károlyi (1871–1947) acting | 6 June 1919 | 12 July 1919 | Independent | Szeged II | — |

## Ministers of justice (1919–2006)
### Hungarian People's Republic (1919)

Parties  MSZDP
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) |
| 1 | | Ernő Garami (1876–1935) | 1 August 1919 | 6 August 1919 (deposed) | MSZDP | Peidl MSZDP | — |

### Hungarian Republic (1919–1920)

Parties  National Democratic Civil Party (NDPP)  Independent
| No. | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) |
| — | Béla Szászy (1865–1931) acting | 7 August 1919 | 15 August 1919 | Independent | Friedrich KNP/KNEP–OKGFP | — |
| 1 | György Baloghy (1861–1931) | 15 August 1919 | 17 September 1919 | Independent | Friedrich KNP/KNEP–OKGFP | — |
| 2 | Béla Zoltán (1865–1929) | 17 September 1919 | 24 November 1919 | Independent | Friedrich KNP/KNEP–OKGFP | — |
| 3 | István Bárczy (1866–1943) | 24 November 1919 | 29 February 1920 | NDPP | Huszár KNEP–OKGFP–MSZDP–NDPP | — |

### Hungarian Kingdom (1920–1946)

Parties  National Democratic Civil Party (NDPP)  National Smallholders and Agricultural Labourers Party (OKGFP)  EP–NEP–MÉP  Independent
| No. | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) |
| 1 | István Bárczy (1866–1943) | 29 February 1920 | 15 March 1920 | KNEP | Huszár KNEP–OKGFP–MSZDP–NDPP | — |
| 2 | Gyula Ferdinandy (1873–1960) | 15 March 1920 | 19 July 1920 | OKGFP | Simonyi-Semadam KNEP–OKGFP | 17 (1920) |
| 3 | Vilmos Pál Tomcsányi (1880–1959) | 19 July 1920 | 14 April 1921 | OKGFP | Teleki I KNEP–OKGFP | 17 (1920) |
| 3 | Vilmos Pál Tomcsányi (1880–1959) | 14 April 1921 | 16 June 1922 | OKGFP | Bethlen (KNEP–OKGFP)→EP | 17 (1920) |
| 3 | Vilmos Pál Tomcsányi (1880–1959) | 14 April 1921 | 16 June 1922 | OKGFP | Bethlen (KNEP–OKGFP)→EP | 18 (1922) |
| 4 | Géza Daruváry (1866–1934) | 16 June 1922 | 11 June 1923 | Independent | Bethlen (KNEP–OKGFP)→EP | 18 (1922) |
| 5 | Emil Nagy (1871–1956) | 11 June 1923 | 21 February 1924 | EP | Bethlen (KNEP–OKGFP)→EP | 18 (1922) |
| — | István Bethlen (1874–1946) acting | 21 February 1924 | 13 March 1924 | EP | Bethlen (KNEP–OKGFP)→EP | 18 (1922) |
| 6 | Pál Pesthy (1873–1952) | 13 March 1924 | 8 January 1929 | EP | Bethlen (KNEP–OKGFP)→EP | 18 (1922) |
| 6 | Pál Pesthy (1873–1952) | 13 March 1924 | 8 January 1929 | EP | Bethlen (KNEP–OKGFP)→EP | 19 (1926) |
| — | István Bethlen (1874–1946) acting | 8 January 1929 | 4 February 1929 | EP | Bethlen (KNEP–OKGFP)→EP | 19 (1926) |
| 7 | Tibor Zsitvay (1884–1969) | 4 February 1929 | 24 August 1931 | EP | Bethlen (KNEP–OKGFP)→EP | 19 (1926) |
| 7 | Tibor Zsitvay (1884–1969) | 4 February 1929 | 24 August 1931 | EP | Bethlen (KNEP–OKGFP)→EP | 20 (1931) |
| 7 | Tibor Zsitvay (1884–1969) | 24 August 1931 | 1 October 1932 | EP | G. Károlyi EP–KGSZP | 20 (1931) |
| 8 | Andor Lázár (1882–1971) | 1 October 1932 | 12 October 1936 | NEP | Gömbös NEP | 20 (1931) |
| 8 | Andor Lázár (1882–1971) | 1 October 1932 | 12 October 1936 | NEP | Gömbös NEP | 21 (1935) |
| 8 | Andor Lázár (1882–1971) | 12 October 1936 | 9 March 1938 | NEP | Darányi NEP | 21 (1935) |
| 9 | Ödön Mikecz (1894–1965) | 9 March 1938 | 14 May 1938 | NEP | Darányi NEP | 21 (1935) |
| 9 | Ödön Mikecz (1894–1965) | 14 May 1938 | 15 November 1938 | NEP | Imrédy NEP | 21 (1935) |
| 10 | András Tasnádi Nagy (1882–1956) | 15 November 1938 | 16 February 1939 | NEP | Imrédy NEP | 21 (1935) |
| 10 | András Tasnádi Nagy (1882–1956) | 16 February 1939 | 9 November 1939 | NEP | Teleki II MÉP | 21 (1935) |
| 10 | András Tasnádi Nagy (1882–1956) | 16 February 1939 | 9 November 1939 | NEP | Teleki II MÉP | 22 (1939) |
| 11 | László Radocsay (1878–1968) | 9 November 1939 | 3 April 1941 | MÉP | Teleki II MÉP | 22 (1939) |
| 11 | László Radocsay (1878–1968) | 3 April 1941 | 9 March 1942 | MÉP | Bárdossy MÉP | 22 (1939) |
| 11 | László Radocsay (1878–1968) | 9 March 1942 | 22 March 1944 (deposed) | MÉP | Kállay MÉP | 22 (1939) |
| 12 | István Antal (1896–1975) | 22 March 1944 | 29 August 1944 | MÉP | Sztójay MÉP–MMP | 22 (1939) |
| 13 | Gábor Vladár (1881–1972) | 29 August 1944 | 16 October 1944 (deposed) | Independent | Lakatos MÉP | 22 (1939) |

#### Government of National Unity (1944–1945)

Parties  Arrow Cross Party
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) |
| 1 | | László Budinszky (1895–1946) | 16 October 1944 | 28 March 1945 | NYKP | Szálasi NYKP–MMP | — |

#### Soviet-backed provisional governments (1944–1946)

Parties  MSZDP
| No. | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) |
| 1 | Ágoston Valentiny (1888–1958) | 22 December 1944 | 21 July 1945 | MSZDP | Provisional National Government FKGP–MKP–MSZDP–NPP–PDP | INGY (1944) |
| 2 | István Ries (1885–1950) | 21 July 1945 | 15 November 1945 | MSZDP | Provisional National Government FKGP–MKP–MSZDP–NPP–PDP | INGY (1944) |
| 2 | István Ries (1885–1950) | 15 November 1945 | 1 February 1946 | MSZDP | Tildy FKGP–MKP–MSZDP–NPP | 23 (1945) |

### Hungarian Republic (1946–1949)

Parties  MSZDP  MDP
| No. | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) |
| 1 | István Ries (1885–1950) | 1 February 1946 | 31 May 1947 | MSZDP | F. Nagy FKGP–MKP–MSZDP–NPP | 23 (1945) |
| 1 | István Ries (1885–1950) | 31 May 1947 | 14 June 1948 | MSZDP | Dinnyés MKP–FKGP–MSZDP–NPP | 23 (1945) |
| 1 | István Ries (1885–1950) | 31 May 1947 | 14 June 1948 | MSZDP | Dinnyés MKP–FKGP–MSZDP–NPP | 24 (1947) |
| (1) | István Ries (1885–1950) | 14 June 1948 | 10 December 1948 | MDP | Dinnyés MKP–FKGP–MSZDP–NPP | 24 (1947) |
| (1) | István Ries (1885–1950) | 10 December 1948 | 20 August 1949 | MDP | Dobi MDP–FKGP–NPP | 24 (1947) |
| (1) | István Ries (1885–1950) | 10 December 1948 | 20 August 1949 | MDP | Dobi MDP–FKGP–NPP | 25 (1949) |

### Hungarian People's Republic (1949–1989)

Parties  MDP-MSZMP
| No. | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) |
| 1 | István Ries (1885–1950) | 20 August 1949 | 17 July 1950 | MDP | Dobi MDP | 25 (1949) |
| 2 | Erik Molnár (1894–1966) 1st term | 17 July 1950 | 14 August 1952 | MDP | Dobi MDP | 25 (1949) |
| 2 | Erik Molnár (1894–1966) 1st term | 14 August 1952 | 14 November 1952 | MDP | Rákosi MDP | 25 (1949) |
| 3 | Gyula Décsi (1919–1990) | 17 July 1950 | 2 February 1953 | MDP | Rákosi MDP | 25 (1949) |
| 4 | Béla Kovács (1910–1980) | 2 February 1953 | 4 July 1953 | MDP | Rákosi MDP | 25 (1949) |
| 5 | Ferenc Erdei (1910–1971) | 4 July 1953 | 30 October 1954 | MDP | I. Nagy I MDP | 26 (1953) |
| 6 | Erik Molnár (1894–1966) 2nd term | 30 October 1954 | 18 April 1955 | MDP | I. Nagy I MDP | 26 (1953) |
| 6 | Erik Molnár (1894–1966) 2nd term | 18 April 1955 | 24 October 1956 | MDP | Hegedüs MDP | 26 (1953) |
| 6 | Erik Molnár (1894–1966) 2nd term | 24 October 1956 | 3 November 1956 | MDP | I. Nagy II MDP/MSZMP–FKGP | 26 (1953) |
| 7 | Ferenc Nezvál (1909–1987) | 9 May 1957 | 28 January 1958 | MSZMP | Kádár I MSZMP | 26 (1953) |
| 7 | Ferenc Nezvál (1909–1987) | 28 January 1958 | 13 September 1961 | MSZMP | Münnich MSZMP | 26 (1953) |
| 7 | Ferenc Nezvál (1909–1987) | 28 January 1958 | 13 September 1961 | MSZMP | Münnich MSZMP | 27 (1958) |
| 7 | Ferenc Nezvál (1909–1987) | 13 September 1961 | 30 June 1965 | MSZMP | Kádár II MSZMP | 27 (1958) |
| 7 | Ferenc Nezvál (1909–1987) | 13 September 1961 | 30 June 1965 | MSZMP | Kádár II MSZMP | 28 (1963) |
| 7 | Ferenc Nezvál (1909–1987) | 30 June 1965 | 7 December 1966 | MSZMP | Kállai MSZMP | 28 (1963) |
| 8 | Mihály Korom (1927–1993) | 7 December 1966 | 14 April 1967 | MSZMP | Kállai MSZMP | 28 (1963) |
| 8 | Mihály Korom (1927–1993) | 14 April 1967 | 15 May 1975 | MSZMP | Fock MSZMP | 29 (1967) |
| 8 | Mihály Korom (1927–1993) | 14 April 1967 | 15 May 1975 | MSZMP | Fock MSZMP | 30 (1971) |
| 8 | Mihály Korom (1927–1993) | 15 May 1975 | 22 April 1978 | MSZMP | Lázár MSZMP | 30 (1971) |
| 8 | Mihály Korom (1927–1993) | 15 May 1975 | 22 April 1978 | MSZMP | Lázár MSZMP | 31 (1975) |
| 9 | Imre Markója (1931–2008) | 22 April 1978 | 25 June 1987 | MSZMP | Lázár MSZMP | 31 (1975) |
| 9 | Imre Markója (1931–2008) | 22 April 1978 | 25 June 1987 | MSZMP | Lázár MSZMP | 32 (1980) |
| 9 | Imre Markója (1931–2008) | 22 April 1978 | 25 June 1987 | MSZMP | Lázár MSZMP | 33 (1985) |
| 9 | Imre Markója (1931–2008) | 25 June 1987 | 29 June 1988 | MSZMP | Grósz MSZMP | 33 (1985) |
| 10 | Kálmán Kulcsár (1928–2010) | 29 June 1988 | 24 November 1988 | MSZMP | Grósz MSZMP | 33 (1985) |
| 10 | Kálmán Kulcsár (1928–2010) | 24 November 1988 | 7 October 1989 | MSZMP | Németh (MSZMP)→MSZP | 33 (1985) |
| (10) | Kálmán Kulcsár (1928–2010) | 7 October 1989 | 23 October 1989 | Independent | Németh (MSZMP)→MSZP | 33 (1985) |

### Hungarian Republic (1989–2006)

Parties  MSZP  MDF  Independent
| No. | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) |
| — | Kálmán Kulcsár (1928–2010) provisional | 23 October 1989 | 23 May 1990 | Independent | Németh MSZP | — |
| 1 | István Balsai (1947–2020) | 23 May 1990 | 21 December 1993 | MDF | Antall MDF–FKGP–KDNP | 34 (1990) |
| 1 | István Balsai (1947–2020) | 21 December 1993 | 15 July 1994 | MDF | Boross MDF–EKGP–KDNP | 34 (1990) |
| 2 | Pál Vastagh (1946–) | 15 July 1994 | 8 July 1998 | MSZP | Horn MSZP–SZDSZ | 35 (1994) |
| 3 | Ibolya Dávid (1954–) | 8 July 1998 | 27 May 2002 | MDF | Orbán I Fidesz–FKGP–MDF | 36 (1998) |
| 4 | Péter Bárándy (1949–) | 27 May 2002 | 4 October 2004 | Independent | Medgyessy MSZP–SZDSZ | 37 (2002) |
| 4 | Péter Bárándy (1949–) | 4 October 2004 | 9 June 2006 | Independent | Gyurcsány I MSZP–SZDSZ | 37 (2002) |
| 5 | József Petrétei (1958–) | 4 October 2004 | 9 June 2006 | Independent | Gyurcsány I MSZP–SZDSZ | 37 (2002) |

## Ministers of justice and law enforcement (2006–2010)
### Hungarian Republic (2006–2010)

Parties  Independent
| No. | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) |
| 1 | József Petrétei (1958–) | 9 June 2006 | 31 May 2007 | Independent | Gyurcsány II MSZP–SZDSZ | 38 (2006) |
| 2 | Albert Takács (1955–) | 31 May 2007 | 17 February 2008 | Independent | Gyurcsány II MSZP–SZDSZ | 38 (2006) |
| 3 | Tibor Draskovics (1955–) | 17 February 2008 | 14 April 2009 | Independent | Gyurcsány II MSZP–SZDSZ | 38 (2006) |
| 3 | Tibor Draskovics (1955–) | 14 April 2009 | 14 December 2009 | Independent | Bajnai MSZP | 38 (2006) |
| 4 | Imre Forgács (1949–2022) | 14 December 2009 | 29 May 2010 | Independent | Bajnai MSZP | 38 (2006) |

## Ministers of public administration and justice (2010–2014)
### Hungarian Republic / Hungary (2010–2014)

Parties  Fidesz
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) |
| 1 | | Tibor Navracsics (1966–) | 29 May 2010 | 6 June 2014 | Fidesz | Orbán II Fidesz–KDNP | 39 (2010) |

## Ministers of justice (2014–present)
### Hungary (2014–present)

Parties  Independent
| No. | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | Cabinet | Assembly (Election) |
| 1 | László Trócsányi (1956–) | 6 June 2014 | 18 May 2018 | Independent | Orbán III Fidesz–KDNP | 40 (2014) |
| 1 | László Trócsányi (1956–) | 18 May 2018 | 30 June 2019 | Independent | Orbán IV Fidesz–KDNP | 41 (2018) |
| 2 | Judit Varga (1980–) | 12 July 2019 | 24 May 2022 | Fidesz | Orbán IV Fidesz–KDNP | 41 (2018) |
| 2 | Judit Varga (1980–) | 24 May 2022 | 31 August 2023 | Fidesz | Orbán V Fidesz–KDNP | 42 (2022) |
| 3 | Bence Tuzson (1972–) | 1 August 2023 | Incumbent | Independent | Orbán V Fidesz–KDNP | 42 (2022) |